Blue Raiders' RPI could bring NCAA at-large invitation

1:14 AM,
Feb. 26, 2013

Bruce Massey and MTSU are focused on making the NCAA Tournament.

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Gone are the days of sliding a Sports Illustrated into a school textbook for secretive in-class reading.

These days, MTSU basketball player Torin Walker prefers to catch a glimpse of his team's Rating Percentage Index during academic down time.

"As a team, we don't look at (RPI) much. But Torin will even be looking at it in study hall," teammate James Gallman said. "We'll be sitting in there in study hall, and he'll say, 'Look where we are now.' He's on it all the time every day." ...